Ezumezu A System of Logic for African Philosophy and Studies /

• Main Author: Chimakonam, Jonathan O. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Movement (Philosophy).; Logic.; Philosophy.; Theory (Philosophy).; Philosophical Traditions.; Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary.; Philosophical Methodology.

The issue of a logic foundation for African thought connects well with the question of method. Do we need new methods for African philosophy and studies? Or, are the methods of Western thought adequate for African intellectual space? These questions are not some of the easiest to answer because they...

Table of Contents:

• Part I. Background to African Logic
• 1. The Manifestation of Reason in African Philosophy
• 2. In Search of a Logic-based Foundation for African Philosophy and Studies
• 3. Some Problematics in African Logic
• 4. The Schools of Thought in African Logic
• 5. African Logic and the Question of Method: Towards Villagisation of Knowledge
• Part II. Unveiling Ezumezu as a System of African Logic
• 6. Ezumezu as Philosophy of Logic
• 7. Ezumezu as Methodology
• 8. Ezumezu as a Formal System
• 9. Application of Ezumezu in Grounding some Theories in African Philosophy
• 10. Justifying the System of Ezumezu Logic: An Analysis of the Problematic Structure of 'q na Abughi q'
• 11. Decolonisation, Africanisation and Transformation: Why we need 'that' African Contribution to World History and Civilisation.